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Featured arXiv papers - December 2023

The noisy-intermediate-scale-quantum (NISQ) Computing newsletter is a curated ArXiv Digest published once a month by the USRA Research Institute for Advanced Computer Science. We feature exclusively experiments and algorithms that advance the field of applied quantum computing in existing hardware. The team of editors collaborates with the NASA Ames Quantum Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (QuAIL) to produce the content. To submit a paper for consideration please visit the NISQC newsletter page at http://riacs.usra.edu/quantum/NISQC-NL. Announcements: We are looking for sponsors for supporting the newsletter digest curation and database. Please contact us if you are interested.

NISQ Experiments

NISQ Experiments and Architectures - Superconducting

A Variational Qubit-Efficient MaxCut Heuristic Algorithm

Authors: Yovav Tene-Cohen, Tomer Kelman, Ohad Lev, Adi Makmal August 20, 2023

Multi-sequence alignment using the Quantum Approximate Optimization Algorithm

Authors: Sebastian Yde Madsen, Frederik Kofoed Marqversen, Stig Elkjær Rasmussen, Nikolaj Thomas Zinner August 23, 2023

Design and execution of quantum circuits using tens of superconducting qubits and thousands of gates for dense Ising optimization problems

Authors: Filip B. Maciejewski, Stuart Hadfield, Benjamin Hall, Mark Hodson, Maxime Dupont, Bram Evert, James Sud, M. Sohaib Alam, Zhihui Wang, Stephen Jeffrey, et al. August 18, 2023

Investigating how to simulate lattice gauge theories on a quantum computer

Authors: Emanuele Mendicelli August 29, 2023

Probing Quantum Telecloning on Superconducting Quantum Processors

Authors: Elijah Pelofske, Andreas Bärtschi, Stephan Eidenbenz, Bryan Garcia, Boris Kiefer August 29, 2023

NISQ Experiments and Architectures - Superconducting Quantum Annealing

Quantum and quantum-inspired optimization for an in-core fuel management problem

Authors: Sergey R. Usmanov, Gleb V. Salakhov, Anton A. Bozhedarov, Evgeniy O. Kiktenko, Aleksey K. Fedorov August 25, 2023

Traffic signal optimization using quantum annealing on real map

Authors: Reo Shikanai, Masayuki Ohzeki, Kazuyuki Tanaka August 28, 2023

Investigating how to simulate lattice gauge theories on a quantum computer

Authors: Emanuele Mendicelli August 29, 2023

NISQ Experiments and Architectures - Neutral Atoms or Ions

Solving optimization problems with local light shift encoding on Rydberg quantum annealers

Authors: Kapil Goswami, Rick Mukherjee, Herwig Ott, Peter Schmelcher August 15, 2023

Multi-Objective Optimization and Network Routing with Near-Term Quantum Computers

Authors: Shao-Hen Chiew, Kilian Poirier, Rajesh Mishra, Ulrike Bornheimer, Ewan Munro, Si Han Foon, Christopher Wanru Chen, Wei Sheng Lim, Chee Wei Nga August 16, 2023

Constant-Overhead Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computation with Reconfigurable Atom Arrays

Authors: Qian Xu, J. Pablo Bonilla Ataides, Christopher A. Pattison, Nithin Raveendran, Dolev Bluvstein, Jonathan Wurtz, Bane Vasic, Mikhail D. Lukin, Liang Jiang, Hengyun Zhou August 16, 2023

Qubits on programmable geometries with a trapped-ion quantum processor

Authors: Qiming Wu, Yue Shi, Jiehang Zhang August 20, 2023

Efficient DCQO Algorithm within the Impulse Regime for Portfolio Optimization

Authors: Alejandro Gomez Cadavid, Iraitz Montalban, Archismita Dalal, Enrique Solano, Narendra N. Hegade August 29, 2023

Programmable quantum simulations on a trapped-ions quantum computer with a global drive

Authors: Yotam Shapira, Jovan Markov, Nitzan Akerman, Ady Stern, Roee Ozeri August 30, 2023

NISQ Experiments and Architectures - Photonic

Gaussian boson sampling at finite temperature

Authors: Gabriele Bressanini, Hyukjoon Kwon, M. S. Kim August 25, 2023

One nine availability of a Photonic Quantum Computer on the Cloud toward HPC integration

Authors: Nicolas Maring, Andreas Fyrillas, Mathias Pont, Edouard Ivanov, Eric Bertasi, Mario Valdivia, Jean Senellart August 28, 2023

NISQ Algorithms

NISQ Algorithms - Machine Learning

Implementing Quantum Generative Adversarial Network (qGAN) and QCBM in Finance

Authors: Santanu Ganguly August 15, 2023

Exploiting the Quantum Advantage for Satellite Image Processing: Review and Assessment

Authors: Soronzonbold Otgonbaatar, Dieter Kranzlmüller August 18, 2023

Quantum State Tomography using Quantum Machine Learning

Authors: Nouhaila Innan, Owais Ishtiaq Siddiqui, Shivang Arora, Tamojit Ghosh, Yasemin Poyraz Koçak, Dominic Paragas, Abdullah Al Omar Galib, Muhammad Al-Zafar Khan, Mohamed Bennai August 20, 2023

MosaiQ: Quantum Generative Adversarial Networks for Image Generation on NISQ Computers

Authors: Daniel Silver, Tirthak Patel, William Cutler, Aditya Ranjan, Harshitta Gandhi, Devesh Tiwari August 22, 2023

QKSAN: A Quantum Kernel Self-Attention Network

Authors: Ren-Xin Zhao, Jinjing Shi, Xuelong Li August 25, 2023

Quantum Next Generation Reservoir Computing: An Efficient Quantum Algorithm for Forecasting Quantum Dynamics

Authors: Apimuk Sornsaeng, Ninnat Dangniam, Thiparat Chotibut August 28, 2023

NISQ Algorithms - Optimization

Exploring the Potential of Qutrits for Quantum Optimization of Graph Coloring

Authors: Gabriel Bottrill, Mudit Pandey, Olivia Di Matteo August 15, 2023

A Feasibility-Preserved Quantum Approximate Solver for the Capacitated Vehicle Routing Problem

Authors: Ningyi Xie, Xinwei Lee, Dongsheng Cai, Yoshiyuki Saito, Nobuyoshi Asai, Hoong Chuin Lau August 17, 2023

Hybrid Algorithm of Linear Programming Relaxation and Quantum Annealing

Authors: Taisei Takabayashi, Masayuki Ohzeki August 21, 2023

Training Neural Networks with Universal Adiabatic Quantum Computing

Authors: Steve Abel, Juan Carlos Criado, Michael Spannowsky August 24, 2023

Quantum-Informed Recursive Optimization Algorithms

Authors: Jernej Rudi Finžgar, Aron Kerschbaumer, Martin J. A. Schuetz, Christian B. Mendl, Helmut G. Katzgraber August 25, 2023

Distributionally Robust Variational Quantum Algorithms with Shifted Noise

Authors: Zichang He, Bo Peng, Yuri Alexeev, Zheng Zhang August 28, 2023

NISQ Algorithms - Simulation

A Bottom-up Approach to Constructing Symmetric Variational Quantum Circuits

Authors: Babatunde M. Ayeni August 17, 2023

Ground or Excited State: a State-Specific Variational Quantum Eigensolver for Them All

Authors: Dibyendu Mondal, Rahul Maitra August 21, 2023

Scalable Quantum Ground State Preparation of the Heisenberg Model: A Variational Quantum Eigensolver Approach

Authors: Jinao Wang, Rimika Jaiswal August 23, 2023

Digital-analog quantum computing of fermion-boson models in superconducting circuits

Authors: Shubham Kumar, Narendra N. Hegade, Enrique Solano, Francisco Albarrán-Arriagada, Gabriel Alvarado Barrios August 23, 2023

Quantum computation of stopping power for inertial fusion target design

Authors: Nicholas C. Rubin, Dominic W. Berry, Alina Kononov, Fionn D. Malone, Tanuj Khattar, Alec White, Joonho Lee, Hartmut Neven, Ryan Babbush, Andrew D. Baczewski August 23, 2023

On The Study Of Partial Qubit Hamiltonian For Efficient Molecular Simulation Using Variational Quantum Eigensolvers

Authors: Harshdeep Singh, Sabyashachi Mishra, Sonjoy Majumder August 24, 2023

Scalable Algorithms for Power Function Calculations of quantum states in NISQ Era

Authors: Wencheng Zhao, Tingting Chen, Ruyu Yang August 28, 2023

The first-order Trotter decomposition in the dynamical-invariant basis

Authors: Takuya Hatomura August 29, 2023

NISQ Algorithms - Benchmarking; Software Tools; Compilation

QASMTrans: A QASM based Quantum Transpiler Framework for NISQ Devices

Authors: Fei Hua, Meng Wang, Gushu Li, Bo Peng, Chenxu Liu, Muqing Zheng, Samuel Stein, Yufei Ding, Eddy Z. Zhang, Travis S. Humble, et al. August 15, 2023

Optimal Partitioning of Quantum Circuits using Gate Cuts and Wire Cuts

Authors: Sebastian Brandhofer, Ilia Polian, Kevin Krsulich August 18, 2023

One-Time Compilation of Device-Level Instructions for Quantum Subroutines

Authors: Aniket S. Dalvi, Jacob Whitlow, Marissa D'Onofrio, Leon Riesebos, Tianyi Chen, Samuel Phiri, Kenneth R. Brown, Jonathan M. Baker August 21, 2023

NISQ Algorithms - Other

Quantum simulation of Maxwell's equations via Schrödingersation

Authors: Shi Jin, Nana Liu, Chuwen Ma August 16, 2023

Quantum-Inspired Machine Learning: a Survey

Authors: Larry Huynh, Jin Hong, Ajmal Mian, Hajime Suzuki, Yanqiu Wu, Seyit Camtepe August 22, 2023

Complete quantum-inspired framework for computational fluid dynamics

Authors: Raghavendra D. Peddinti, Stefano Pisoni, Alessandro Marini, Philippe Lott, Henrique Argentieri, Egor Tiunov, Leandro Aolita August 02, 2023

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Bold title denotes papers authored by NASA QuAIL members. Disclaimer: the papers showcased in the newsletter have typically not been peer-reviewed. Their appearance in the newsletter is purely indicative of the first impressions of the editors and does not constitute an endorsement. To contact the editors write to [email protected].

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